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Laboratories
The
ECCC laboratories is housed in the building "Center
for Energy Resource Management (CERM)", which is
located in the UNO Industrial Technology Park on the
scenic lake front of Lake Ponchartrain. The ECCC
laboratories consist of three groups:
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Aerothermal
Laboratory,
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Energy
Conversion Laboratory,
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Energy
Conservation Laboratory.
The
ECCC laboratories are capable of conducting measurements
and tests in thermal-fluid and power systems including
air/steam pressure, flow rates, temperatures, two-phase
flow characteristics, flow structures, energy device
component efficiency, emissions, HVAC, wind tunnel
testing, infrared thermal imaging, etc. In addition,
ECCC can strategically tap into the excellent R&D
infrastructure and capabilities from various
laboratories and research centers in the College of
including the Gulf Coast Region Maritime Technology
Center (GCRMTC), National Center for Advanced Energy
Manufactory, and the Urban Water Management and Research
Center (UWMRC).
Two wind tunnels are available for aerothermal research. The smaller wind tunnel delivers 5,000 cfm flow at about 80 mph speed. The larger wind tunnel is equipped with changeable test sections, mainly for gas turbine research. It can provide 12,000 CFM airflow with a top wind speed of 91 mph. The speed of the wind tunnel is controlled by a constant-torque, variable frequency motor controller. The temperature of the wind tunnel can be cooled at a rate of 4.5oC/min (8oF/min) down to 10oC (50oF) and be heated at a rate of 0.77oC/min (1.4oF/min) up to 60oC (140oF). The measurement systems include a 3-D automatic traversing system, a four-channel hot wire anemometry, a 96-channel thermocouple acquisition system, a 288-channel pressure scanning system, a laser Doppler anemometer (LDA) and a phase Doppler particle analyzer (PDPA).
One of
the Wind Tunnel Facilities at ECCC
The gas turbine reversed-flow combustor test rig simulating a 1/7th sector of dump diffuser-combustor combination. There are two interchangeable test sections: one for flow measurements and the other one for heat transfer study.
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